KYFQ

KYFQ (91.7 FM) is a radio station licensed to serve Tacoma, Washington. The station is owned by Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc.

History

The station began as KTOY in 1949 by the Tacoma School District at its vocational school, which became Bates Technical College in 1991. During the day it was operated by Bates Technical College broadcasting students studying under former KJR DJ Lee Perkins. During the late 1970s until the mid-1980s, starting at midnight on Friday and lasting until 6:00 p.m. Sunday, KTOY broadcast hip-hop (including electro) and urban music under the slogan "Giving You The Music of Tomorrow, Today." (During 1983-1984, the late night hip-hop program's slogan was "R&B's best in the Pacific Northwest." It was often used during station IDs.) This format lasted from 1978 to 1984. By 1985, the format was no longer the entire weekend and by 1986, the station changed call letters to KTPS-FM and then KBTC from Bates Technical College. The station only played hip-hop and urban music on Sunday for two hours in the form of a top 20 countdown.